Lesteva (s. str.) dabashanensis Rougemont, 2000

Cheng, Zhi-Fei, Li, Li-Zhen & Peng, Zhong, 2019, New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China, Zootaxa 4560 (1), pp. 1-39 : 11-12

Lesteva (s. str.) dabashanensis Rougemont, 2000

( Figs 7A , 8 E–F, 10A–C, 26)

Lesteva (s. str.) dabashanensis Rougemont, 2000: 153 ; Shavrin 2017: 110 .

Lesteva (s. str.) michaeli Rougemont, 2017: 106 (synonymized by Shavrin 2017: 110).

Type locality. Shenxianhe , Langao County, Shaanxi Province, China. Additional material examined (50 exs): 1 ♂: ‘ China: Shaanxi Prov., Baoji City (宝鸡市), Mei County (眉县

), Taibaishan N. R. (太白山自然保护区), 30°0′4.09″N, 107°46′58′94″E, 2350–2750 m, 14.vii.2004, Tang, Hu & Zhu leg.’ (SNUC); 1 ♀: ‘ China: Anhui Prov., Chizhou City (池州市), Shitai County (石台县), Guniujiang N. R. (牯牛降自然保护区), 360–420 m, 30.iv.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ (SNUC); 4 ♂♂: ‘ China: Zhejiang Prov., Hangzhou City (杭州市), Anji County (安吉县), Mt. Longwang. (龙王山), alt. 250 m, 26.iv.2004, Jin-Wen Li leg.’ (SNUC); 7 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀: ‘ China: Hubei Prov., Yichang City (宜昌市), Wufeng County (五峰县), Houhe N. R. (后河自然保 护区), alt. 1200 m, 27–30.iv.2004, Li-Zhen Li leg.’ (SNUC); 17 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀: ‘ China: Jiangxi Prov., Shangrao City (上饶市), Yanshan County (铅山县), Mt. Wuyi (武夷山), alt. 950 m, 10.v.2005, Hu & Tang leg.’ (SNUC).

Comment. The previously known distribution of L. dabashanensis included Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei and Sichuan provinces ( Rougemont 2000, 2017; Shavrin 2017). The above material from Anhui, Zhejiang and Jiangxi represent new provincial records (Fig. 26). Lesteva michaeli have been treated as a synonym of L. dabashanensis ( Shavrin 2017) . The coloration of L. dabashanensis varies from yellow-brown to black. Furthermore the coloration of antenna varies yellow brown to brown; the maculae of the elytra somewhat ill-defined; the shape of the aedeagus variable. For illustrations of L. dabashanensis see Figs 7A , 8 E–F, 10A–C, Shavrin (2017: figs 4–12) and Rougemont (2000: figs 16a–b; 2017: figs 5, 5a).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Habitus (males) of Lesteva: A—L. dabashanensis; B—L. elegantula. Scale bar: 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 8. Abdominal tergite VIII and sternite VIII (males, dorsal view) of Lesteva: L. cooteri (A—abdominal tergite VIII, B—abdominal sternite VIII); L. cordicollis (C—abdominal tergite VIII, D—abdominal sternite VIII); L. dabashanensis (E— abdominal tergite VIII, F—abdominal sternite VIII); L. elegantula (G—abdominal tergite VIII, H—abdominal sternite VIII). Scale bar: 0.1 mm.